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This photo taken on November 8, 2016 shows an Indonesian ranger riding a patrol elephant, which belongs to one of three specialised elephant response units strategically located around Way Kambas National Park, where human settlements border a tranche of lowland forest home to an estimated 250 wild Sumatran elephants.
Confrontations between elephants and humans can quickly turn violent in Sumatra, where competition for space has intensified as the islands forests have been rapidly cleared for timber and farming. / AFP PHOTO / GOH Chai Hin / TO GO WITH Indonesia-animal-environment-conservation, FEATURE by Nick PERRYGOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images